Minority Rights

• Bill C-13 coming under fire from anglophone communities in Quebec

  Some fear that the promotion and protection of French comes at the expense of English.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
  
• Bill 21 violates right of English Quebecers to manage their education system: lawyer

  A lawyer for Amnesty International argued that it is not the government's objective in adopting the law that is important but rather the effects of the legislation.

  Education

  Dec 1, 2020
  
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• EMSB renounces use of federal funding to challenge Bill 21 in court

  The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) says it won't use federal funding for a court challenge against Quebec's secularism law known as Bill 21.

  Politics

  Feb 6, 2020
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• School board reportedly gets federal funds to fight Quebec secularism bill

  The English Montreal School Board reportedly received $250,000 from the federal government's Court Challenges Program to mount legal challenges against the bill.

  Politics

  Feb 5, 2020
• ‘English rights will be protected’: Quebec government insists it is listening to community concerns

  The Quebec government reiterated that it is taking the concerns of the province's English-language communities seriously.

  Politics

  Sep 9, 2019
• Quebec education minister stands firm on abolishing school boards, open to meeting with Anglo groups

  The education minister was forced to clarify comments that he met with members of the English community about his plan to eliminate school boards.

  Education

  Nov 30, 2018
• This week on ‘Focus Montreal’: Nov. 24

  This week on Focus Montreal, meet members of the Black Watch who travelled back to Belgium for Remembrance Day, hear how cuts to French services in Ontario impact all linguistic minorities, and a young Montrealer wins the Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award.

  Nov 24, 2018
• Bill Kelly: Ford’s francophone policy could hurt Scheer

  Francophone Canadians from coast to coast have been justifiably concerned about what they feel is rather tenuous support for francophone minority populations outside of Quebec and Ford's move will do nothing to assuage those concerns.

  Nov 19, 2018
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• Justin Trudeau calls to apologize to woman who asked English question in Sherbrooke

  It's not every day the prime minister calls to personally apologize.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2017